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Cerro Largo Department, Uruguayi
Regional Level Types
Cerro Largo DepartmentDepartment
UruguayCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Melo51,023 (2015)
Río Branco13,567 (2018)
Isidoro Noblía2,526 (2018)
Aceguá1,501 (2018)
Tupambaé1,189 (2018)
Mindat Locality ID:
25500
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:25500:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Cerro Largo, Uruguay
German:
Departamento Cerro Largo, Uruguay
Italian:
dipartimento di Cerro Largo, Uruguay
Russian:
Серро-Ларго, Уругвай
Simplified Chinese:
塞罗拉尔戈省, 乌拉圭
Spanish:
Cerro Largo, Uruguay
Arabic:
إدارة سيرو لارغو, أوروغواي
Asturian:
Cerro Largo, Uruguái
Basque:
Cerro Largo departamendua, Uruguai
Bengali:
কেরু লারগু বিভাগ, উরুগুয়ে
Bulgarian:
Серо Ларго, Уругвай
Catalan:
Departament de Cerro Largo, Uruguai
Cebuano:
Departamento de Cerro Largo, Uruguay
Chavacano:
Cerro Largo, Uruguay
Croatian:
Cerro Largo, Urugvaj
Danish:
Cerro Largo, Uruguay
Dutch:
Cerro Largo, Uruguay
Esperanto:
Cerro Largo, Urugvajo
Farsi/Persian:
بخش سرو لارگو, اروگوئه
Finnish:
Cerro Largo, Uruguay
Galician:
Departamento de Cerro Largo, Uruguai
Georgian:
სერო-ლარგოს დეპარტამენტი, ურუგვაი
Greek:
Κέρο Λάργκο, Ουρουγουάη
Gujarati:
સેરો લાર્ગો વિભાગ, ઉરુગ્વે
Hindi:
सेरो लार्गो विभाग, उरुग्वे
Hungarian:
Cerro Largo megye, Uruguay
Indonesian:
Departemen Cerro Largo, Uruguay
Japanese:
セロ・ラルゴ県, ウルグアイ
Judaeo-Spanish:
Cerro Largo, Uruguay
Kannada:
ಸೆರೊ ಲಾರ್ಗೊ ಇಲಾಖೆ, ಉರುಗ್ವೆ
Korean:
세로라르고주, 우루과이
Latvian:
Serrolago departaments, Urugvaja
Lezghian:
Серро-Ларго, Уругвай
Lithuanian:
Sero Largo departamentas, Urugvajus
Macedonian:
Серо Ларго, Уругвај
Malay:
Cerro Largo Department, Uruguay
Marathi:
सेरो लार्गो विभाग, उरुग्वे
Northern Frisian:
Cerro Largo, Uruguay
Northern Sami:
Cerro Largo , Uruguay
Norwegian:
Cerro Largo, Uruguay
Polish:
Cerro Largo, Urugwaj
Portuguese:
Cerro Largo, Uruguai
Quechua:
Cerro Largo suyu, Uruwayi
Romanian:
Cerro Largo, Uruguay
Sinhalese:
සෙරෝ ලාර්ගෝ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව, උරුගුවායි
Slovak:
Cerro Largo, Uruguaj
Swedish:
Cerro Largo, Uruguay
Tamil:
செர்ரோ லார்கோ துறை, உருகுவை
Telugu:
సెర్రో లార్గో డిపార్ట్మెంట్, ఉరూగ్వే
Thai:
จังหวัดเซร์โรลาร์โก, ประเทศอุรุกวัย
Turkish:
Cerro Largo, Uruguay
Ukrainian:
Серро-Ларґо, Уругвай
Urdu:
سیرو لارگو محکمہ, یوراگوئے
Vietnamese:
Cerro Largo, Uruguay
Waray:
Cerro Largo, Uruguay


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Fossils

There are 5 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences21
Youngest Fossil Listed0.01 Ma (Pleistocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed296 Ma (Permian)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Dolores10.126 - 0.0117 Ma (Pleistocene)
Buena Vista8237 - 201.3 Ma (Mesozoic)
Melo - Mangrullo4290.1 - 279.3 Ma (Permian)
Mangrullo3290.1 - 279.3 Ma (Permian)
Melo5295.5 - 272.3 Ma (Permian)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Mesosaurus
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Mesosauridae : Mesosaurus290.1 - 279.3 Ma
Permian
Mastodonsauridae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Mastodonsauridae237 - 201.3 Ma
Mesozoic
Archosauromorpha
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Archosauromorpha237 - 201.3 Ma
Mesozoic
Notiomastodon platensis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea : Gomphotheriidae : Notiomastodon : Notiomastodon platensis0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Pintosaurus magnidentis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Pintosaurus : Pintosaurus magnidentis237 - 201.3 Ma
Mesozoic
Dvinosauria
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Dvinosauria237 - 201.3 Ma
Mesozoic
Uruyiella liminea
species
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Laidleriidae : Uruyiella : Uruyiella liminea237 - 201.3 Ma
Mesozoic
Mesosaurus tenuidens
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Mesosauridae : Mesosaurus : Mesosaurus tenuidens290.1 - 279.3 Ma
Permian
Glossopteris
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Rigbyaceae : Glossopteris295.5 - 272.3 Ma
Permian
Araucarioxylon
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Araucariaceae : Araucarioxylon295.5 - 272.3 Ma
Permian
Paracicadopsis mendezalzolai
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hemiptera : Paracicadopsis : Paracicadopsis mendezalzolai290.1 - 279.3 Ma
Permian
Perlapsocus formosoi
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Plecoptera : Perlapsocidae : Perlapsocus : Perlapsocus formosoi290.1 - 279.3 Ma
Permian
Vertebraria
genus
Plantae : Peltaspermophyta : Arberiopsida : Arberiales : Vertebraria295.5 - 272.3 Ma
Permian
Arachana nigra
species
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Arachana : Arachana nigra237 - 201.3 Ma
Mesozoic
Barona arcuata
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Blattaria : Barona : Barona arcuata290.1 - 279.3 Ma
Permian
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 5 fossil localities

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerro_Largo_Department
Wikidata ID:Q16575
GeoNames ID:3443173


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